Award winning reveals the hidden wonders of nature
The winning pictures from the Close-up Photographer of the Year 2023 competition include captivating pictures of ants spewing acid, a prawn floating above a mosaic sea star with colors ranging from rainbow to purple, and a butterfly peeking in during a wedding celebration.
In its fifth year, the competition honors macro and micro photography to reveal the hidden treasures of the natural world, ranging from magnificent creatures to minute fungi. Macro refers to taking close-up pictures of bigger topics, whereas micro is used to take pictures of microscopic items that need to be magnified.
The competition's co-founder and jury member Tracy Calder told CNN that the images show odd relationships between plants and animals, illustrating how everything in the natural world is interdependen...